18 Reasons Why Americans Will Love the UK

After living in England for a few years, and as a dual citizen who grew up in the US, I think these 18 reasons are what Americans will really appreciate about life here in the UK!

Why would you consider moving to the UK - or moving to England from the US? Here's some reasons you may not have heard before.

What are the best features of British life from an American POV? Here you go, I'm certain you'll find a favorite reason to come and visit the UK!

How to move to the UK?

Live a British lifestyle!

The 6 Month Guide to Living in England as a part time expat or visitor

Travel abroad with style - what I like

[HipOverFifty]

From gov.uk
Use your right to roam

You can access some land across England without having to use paths - this land is known as ‘open access land’ or ‘access land’.

Access land includes mountains, moors, heaths and downs that are privately owned. It also includes common land registered with the local council and some land around the King Charles III England Coast Path.

Your right to access this land is called the ‘right to roam’, or ‘freedom to roam’.

[kernow]

I'm British and I've seen a good deal of the UK, but it's watching videos made by Americans who've visited or live in the UK that make me appreciate what we have. It's great to see your perspective. If you listen to the news, you'd think the UK is going up in flames! It really isn't. Most people are genuinely nice. It's easy to forget that.

[ronakio]

I've been around the world and I must say, the UK is one of my favourite countries to live.

[namesake-mxnl]

It's something we as Brits should be relieved about, positive feedback, the realisation maybe we're doing something right, or part of our culture we may take for granted, is being appreciated by those who visit these shores . Hope you continue to have enjoyable experiences .

[AutoAlligator]

Well said! xx I love living in England. I feel like a local now (I still sound North American but no-one cares if I say "mate or love" to the locals...they do smile at me because I have an accent. They don't judge me, I think they like it!)
England has a steady pace, its something I love about living here. Meet friends for coffee, go to work, go to the pub for a chat, go to a bookshop or a gallery or museum...chill.
Lovely video x

[luapnitsua]

Thanks for the lovely praise 👍.I think quite a few Americans would appreciate the history and architecture too 💯.Have a wonderful week EVERYONE

[marrrtin]

As a native who is expat, you have nailed what I love about the UK. All 18 of those might be wrapped up in cosiness.

[RhydenMorris]

I moved from my native American Choctaw nation at 13 and came to live with my Welsh dad i love it in the uk great history culture made fantastic mates i go bsck every now and then and my native American family love it when i use Welsh and tell them about the uk

[gdok]

Agree with all of those. And there are many others from the weather (yes, I know it's usually criticised, but I love all the seasons, the cozy firesides in winter and the fact that we don't have crazy extremes of weather), the absence of dangerous wildlife, kettles (!) and the beautiful and very varied countryside with charming country lanes in abundance here in the UK. I feel blessed and grateful to live here.

[L.A.T.E.]

Had a university friend from Illinois, he said one one of the great things about living in the UK is having Holiday Pay with a set amount of days off you have to take and also not having to pay to see a GP when your not feeling well. He went to work sick and was surprised when they sent him home and paid him! Surprised these were not mentioned in the video.

[Marli-og]

Hi. Just a generalisation but it appears that many in the US don’t understand that a pub and a bar are not the same thing (we have both here in the UK). Pub is short for public house, and that tells you what its purpose is. It’s a place to gather with family, friends, neighbours to socialise (and that can include children). As you said, it’s not just about alcohol.

[thomasgarwell]

No. 10 Right to Roam. No, you cannot just cross anywhere. There are footpaths that you must adhere to. If a path crosses over a farmer's field, that farmer cannot close it. Although, in certain circumstances they can close it, but they have to re-route that walk. You cannot just walk onto someone's property if there's no official trackway. You buy an ordnance survey map, and you will see walks/trackways galore. Also, leaflets at, say, The Rambling Association. They'll have lots of walks.

[alanhobden]

Check out Britain's canals. You will be amazed by their tranquility and probably want to live on a narrow boat from that moment on. The Kennet and Avon is a particularly nice one but they are all beautiful in one way or another.

[rolandstinson]

history is everywhere in the town i live we have a church or priory thats stll in use today that is a thousand years old

[ravinloon]

Can I add the theatre... from the annual pantomime for all the family to classic Shakespeare to musicals and comedy the Brits really do it best. I thought you might mention it during the Village Hall piece or the Christmas one... but I didn't want you to miss it.

[weedle]

Kettles! Boils water in minutes for a cup of HOT tea 😉….Fresh bread that tastes of bread not cake… chocolate….clotted cream teas….seeing sheep in a field….cheese - lots of it….salad cream/Branston pickle/chutnies…..being able to drink a glass of wine in the park when having a picnic …. Pork pies …..crisps that are actually crispy and taste of what they are meant to! ….dunking biscuits in a cup of tea….eating an afternoon tea of little sandwiches and dinky sized cakes …. Eating fish n chips from a paper container, whilst sitting on a bench on a seaside promenade and watching the waves (and trying to fight off killer seagulls that are trying to nick a chip 😳😆)……that in every town or village in all parts of the Country, there will be a historic place of interest, church or building to visit…

(You see, I have been watching fellow USA reactor videos on YouTube and these are the things that they have said, loved and enjoyed! Sorry for cheating a bit by just repeating it all! 🥺😁)

[MultiNacnud]

Don't forget the wildlife, and I don't mean chucking out time from the pubs on Friday night.

[robertbruce]

Agree with your comments about the traditional British or Irish pub, they are a wonderful community center. I find it so sad that for years now hundreds of these lovely pubs, starting with the country pubs, have been closing down.

[Forogar]

I'm a Brit living in MD, USA right now... I can't wait to come home to the UK. I miss everything you mentioned as well as many other things, a lot of foodstuffs, pork pies, Ribena, various meat pies and pastries, sausage rolls, etc. The bread is better and more varied, the cheese is amazing.... oh, just everything, plus such a safer place to live. I don't live in a bad area but my son had an attempted mugging on our front porch, someone got shot (dead) just down the road across from our house and my garage has been broken into twice in the last 5 years. If it wasn't for my job and lots of friends I and my American wife would miss, i'd be relocating back tomorrow.

[littleannie]

The right to roam is true in Scotland but not in England. In England you can walk on all open land, such as moorland and coastline but you don’t have the right to walk across farm fields unless you use public rights of way and footpaths. You don’t have an automatic right to walk on private property unless it contains a public right of way.